re: Joseph W. Richard, Louisiana's last Pearl Harbor survivor, has passed away, 100 years old

I had the honor to get to know Mr Joe and become friends with him over the past 10 years. Cooked for him and shared many meals- and beers with him at our guy’s night supper and the VFW.

There are no words worthy of describing this man and the honor it was to know him.
Very humble, funny, and sharp as a tack until the day he died.
He would still hit you with a good joke and bust balls with the best of us.
To the day he died, when he told the story of them pulling him off the Arizona, after cutting several men out, while he could still hear knocks from inside the ship, he would tear up.
He never asked for any special attention but I can say that he was properly appreciated in his dying years.
Rest in Peace old friend